Proverbs 9:8-10

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.^(A)

⁹ Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man (one upright and in right standing with God) and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰ The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning (the chief and choice part) of Wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight and understanding.